Sensitivity and daily quality control of a mobile PET/CT scanner operating in 3-dimensional mode

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 229-231

  Belakhlef, Abdelfatihe ^a   Church, Clifford ^a   Fraser, Ron ^a   Lakhanpal, Suresh ^a  

^a PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily QC; Instrumentation; Mobile PET CT; PET CT; Quality assurance; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA CAMERAS; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36849082399     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnmt.107.040683     Document Type: Article

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